Legal Opinion
United States v. Jason Foster
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 8, 2013No. 12-2699PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
In 2008 Jason Foster pleaded guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of crack cocaine and was sentenced to 130 months’ imprisonment. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We dismissed his appeal as frivolous after his lawyer filed an Anders brief. United States v. Foster, 353 Fed.Appx. 28 (7th Cir.2009) (nonprecedential disposition). Two years later, after the Sentencing Commission reduced the Guideline ranges for crack-cocaine offenses and made these changes retroactive, Foster filed a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) seeking a lower sentence. The district court cut his…
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